Adam Anderson, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Psychology

I received my B.A. in cognitive science at Vassar College, doctoral training in cognitive psychology at Yale University, and post-doctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford University. I joined the Cognition, Perception and Cognitive Neuroscience area of the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto in 2003 where I hold the Canada Research Chair in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

I have served on the editorial boards of Psychological Science, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Emotion, Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, and am on the founding editorial board of (SCAN, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) a journal dedicated to the new rapidly growing field of social cognitive neuroscience. I presently serve as Associate editor for the journal Emotion.

In 2009, I was awarded with the APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. Click here to read my award biography. In 2010, I received the Young Investigator Award by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

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Affective Neuroscience

Our research explores the psychological and neural underpinnings of the emotions, from their facial and physiological expression to their interactions with cognitive processes such as attention and memory.